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The Independent says Former President Barack Obama announced that he has Covid-19 on Sunday, writing in a tweet that he was experiencing mild symptoms.

The Guardian says China’s government has locked down Shenzhen, a city of 17.5 million people, as it tries to contain its worst ever Covid-19 outbreak across multiple provinces.

BBC News says the US says China will face harsh “consequences” if it aids Russia in its invasion of Ukraine, according to US media reports.

Euronews says Russia say that internet users will be blocked from accessing Instagram on Monday because it is being used to “call for violence” against Russian soldiers.

France24 says millions of people across China endured lockdowns on Sunday as virus cases doubled to nearly 3,400 in the face of the worst outbreak in two years.

Arab News says around 160 people, some carrying knives and stones, were arrested at a Moroccan football match in violence which left more than 100 officers injured.

Aljazeera says an American journalist was killed in Ukraine when he and a colleague came under fire near the capital, Kyiv, regional police have said.

The Metro says Furious Vladimir Putin is said to have sacked eight top generals in anger over the slow pace of the Ukraine invasion.

The Guardian says Disney has become the latest company to suspend its Russian operations in response to the invasion of Ukraine.

The Independent says the actual number of deaths due to the Covid-19 pandemic may be more than three times higher than official records suggest, according to a new study.

Euronews says Expectations were low when Ukraine’s Dmytro Kuleba and Russia’s Sergei Lavrov met in Turkey on Thursday.

Arab News says When Russian tanks trundled into Ukraine on Feb. 24, alarm bells started ringing in places even far away from the war zone.

TRT World says Facebook and Instagram users in some countries will be allowed to call for violence against Russians and Russian soldiers in the context of Moscow’s assault on Ukraine.

The Independent says Russia’s bombing of a maternity hospital in Mariupol is “a war crime”, a UK defence minister says.

The Independent says over the weekend, images of a family of Ukrainian civilians killed by Russian shelling outside of Kyiv inspired worldwide outrage.

The Metro says Russia has admitted using ‘devastating’ thermobaric vacuum bombs during its invasion of Ukraine, the Ministry of Defence says.

The Metro says Ukraine’s president has survived ‘more than a dozen’ assassination attempts since Russia invaded.

The Metro says an airplane carrying former President Donald Trump suffered an engine failure over the Gulf of Mexico and made an emergency landing back in New Orleans shortly after takeoff.

The Guardian says Britain and the US fear Russia could be setting the stage to use a chemical weapon in Ukraine after Kremlin officials alleged without firm evidence that the US had been supporting a bioweapons programme in the country.

BBC News says Russia could be planning a chemical or biological weapon attack in Ukraine – and “we should all be on the lookout”, the White House has said.

Euronews says Ukraine’s president has accused Russia of carrying out a “war crime” after Moscow’s airstrike on a children’s hospital in the besieged port of Mariupol.

Arab News says Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has given the smaller nation’s embassy in Washington an unexpected role: recruitment center for Americans who want to join the fight.

The Guardian says the BBC is to resume English language reporting in Russia after it had temporarily suspended its coverage to assess the implications of the country’s new media law.

The Metro says Thousands of Spotify, Facebook, Youtube, WhatsApp and Discord users have had services restored after outages prevented people from accessing their accounts.

The Independent says The wreck of Endurance, Sir Ernest Shackleton’s ship which has not been seen since it was crushed by the ice and sank in the Weddell Sea in 1915.